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BLW. MASTERSON. DOOR HANGER.

No. 595,817. Patented Deo. 21,1897.

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I I D 32 P efmmf nl mi UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

BERNARD W. MASTERSON, OF SUNSET DEPOT, TEXAS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE- HALF TO HENRY SMALL, OF SAME PLACE.

DOOR-HANGER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 595,817, dated December 21, 1897.

Application filed May 7, 1897. Serial No. 635,529. (No model To all whom t may concern;

Be it known that I, BERNARD W. MASTER- SON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Sunset Depot, in the county of San Antonio and State of Texas, have invented a new and useful Door-Hanger, of which the following is a specilication.

My invention relates to door-hangers, and has for its object to provide a simple and inexpensive device so constructed as to avoid dismouuting and at the same time enable a door, window, or an equivalent device to be operated with the minimum friction.

Further objects and advantages of this invention will appear in the following description, and the novel features `thereof will be particularly pointed outl in the appended claims.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a door-hanger constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a vertical transverse section of the same. Fig. 3 is a vertical longitudinal section. Fig. 4 is a horizontal section of the means for securing the hanger-bracket to a door. Fig. 5 is a Vertical section of a slightly-modied construction of means for securing the blade or shank of the bracket to the door. Fig. 6 is a detail view of a hanger provided with a modified form of bracket for attachment to the door. Fig. 7 is a view of a hanger having another rnodied 'form of bracket.

Similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures of the draw ings.

The hanger embodying my invention is adapted for use in connection with a track 1, havin gaback or rear plate provided with parallel horizontal upper and lower rests 2 and 3, the upper rest being preferably extended to provide a depending guard 4 and the lower rest being longitudinally grooved, as at 3a.

The hanger proper comprises a sectional block 5, of which the front and rear parts or sections are rigidly connected by the transverse securing devices 6, consisting in the present instance of pins or rivets, and the sections of the block are grooved on their edges and at their contiguous faces to form a continuous runway 7, closed at its outer side by the shell 8, consisting of a countersunk band or strap. In this runway are mounted the antifriction balls or rollers 9, and they are exposed at the upper and lower sides of the hanger through longitudinal slots 10 in the shell. The outer sides of the exposed balls or rollers project beyond the surface of the shell to bear against the rests 2 and 3 ofthe track,

and thus relieve friction when pressure is applied to the hanger in either direction. This feature of the construction of the improved hanger adapts it to be used at either the top or the bottom of a door, or, in other Words, to be reversed at will. Obviously the slots in the upper and lower sides of the shell are less in width than the diameters of the balls or rollers to prevent accidental displacement of the parts, and the runway is elliptical with straight upper and lower sides to cause a plurality of balls, preferably three, to project simultaneously for contact with the track.

Various means may be provided for attaching the improved hanger to a door, that shown in Figs. l to 4,inclusive,consisting of a straight blade 11, mortised in the door, the vertical mortise 12, in which it is fitted, being intersected by a transverse mortise 13, in which is tted a wedge-shaped key 14, inclined at its lower edge and provided with longitudinal slots 15, engaged by guide pins or screws 16. This key engages a tapered seat in the blade of the bracket, and is in turn engaged at one end by an adjusting screw 17, extending througha bearing-plate 18, let into the edge of the door. The head of the screw is seated in said bearing-plate, and a collar 19 on the screw bears against the inner surface of said plate to prevent longitudinal movement of the screw. It is obvious that the adjustment of the screw, by engaging a screw-driver in a kerf in the head thereof, will move the key to vary the vertical position of the -bracket with relation to the door, and hence vary the vertical position of the door when the hanger is mounted on the track.

-The blade is adjustably connected to the body or casing of the hanger by means of slots 2O in one of said members engaged by securing-bolts 21, the tightening of the latter serving to lock the parts in the desired relative positions.

In Fig. 5 I have shown a s1ightly-modied IOO construction of means for securing the blade of the hanger-to the door, the adjustment of the blade being accomplished from the side instead of from the edge, and said means include a guideplate 22, through which the blade or shank of the hanger extends, and a set-screW 23, accessible from the side of the door and engaging a wedge 24, iitted in an opening in the blade or shank, said screw being mounted in a face-plate. Also in Figs. 6 and 7 I have shown modified constructions ot' brackets adapted to be fixed by means of securing-screws or their equivalents respectively to the side surface and to the upper edge of the door, an adjustable connection between the securing-plate and the casing of the cylinder being employed in each case and consisting, as above described, in connection with the form of bracket illustrated in Figs. l to Il, of bolts 21 and 2lb, carried by one of the members and engaging slots 2OA and 201 in the other member.

Various changes in the form, proportion, and the minor details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of this invention.

Having described my invention, what I claim is- 1. A reversible hanger of the class described, having a continuous runway and antifriction balls or rollers, mounted in the run- Way, and exposed respectively at the upper and lower sides of the hanger, for contact balls or rollers, mounted in said runway, and exposed through said slots in the shell for contact with a track, substantially as specified.

3. A reversible hanger of the class described, having a sectional body portion, comprising front and rear parts or members provided in their edges, and at their contiguous faces, with a groove forming a continuous runway, a series of antifriction balls or rollers mounted in said runway, and a shell, con-. sisting of a band or strap, closing the outer side of the runway, to retain the balls or rollers therein, and provided, at the upper and lower sides of the body portion, with longitudinal slots through which the balls project for contact with a track,substantially as specified.

4. In a hanger of the class described, ablade or shank adapted to be mortised in a door for vertical adj ustment, a longitudinally-slotted, horizontally-adjustable wedge engaging a transverse opening in the blade or shank, guide-screws engaging the slots of the wedge, and means for adjusting the wedge, substantially as specified.

5. In a hanger of the class described, the combination With a member having exposed antifriction-rollers and adapted to be carried by a door, of a track having upper and lower rests, the latter being longitudinally grooved to receive the balls, and the former having a depending guard, substantially as speciiied.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

BERNARD W. MASTERSON.

W'itnesses:

L. BENEDICT, N. C. SHANNON. 

